Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 710 Divide
The invasion of Jinzhou was the first and last large-scale military operation of the Houjin Dynasty in the seven years of Chongzhen. After the end of the Battle of Jinzhou, both Liaodong and Liaoxi returned to calm. There is no need to organize any large-scale military operations. Of course, the Dongjiang Army and the Guan Ning Army do not plan to brave the biting cold wind to take the initiative to attack the tiger's beard of Jiannu. It is not easy for everyone these days. If we can coexist peacefully, we should coexist peacefully. Bar.

Taking advantage of this rare time of peace, Yang Menglong began to digest his achievements in Japan.

With this fierce attack, he smashed most of Kyushu to pieces, annihilating more than 2 enemies, and the results are undoubtedly very brilliant. Only tens of thousands of strong men were captured, and there were also a large number of prisoners of war, and millions of taels of war. Silver, more than 10,000 bird guns, [-]+ stone rice.As for the samurai sword, he didn't like it very much. If he seized one, he would have someone slash it against the rock a few times and destroy it all—this kind of broken thing that can't even cut through the most ordinary leather armor. What is it for?Among these trophies, what he valued the most was the tens of thousands of strong laborers——no matter how much money there is, there will be time to spend it, but as long as the strong men are still alive, they will continue to create wealth. Tens of thousands of strong laborers are better than millions of dollars. Two silvers are much stronger.

According to the agreement, the Dutch took away [-] strong men.Yang Menglong himself had as many as [-] strong men left behind. These guys all had to eat and wear clothes. They had to be moved as soon as possible, otherwise they would suffer big losses.

"How about I give you six thousand strong men for mining?" Yang Menglong suggested to Li Weiluan.

Li Weiluan didn't give much face: "Master Hou, we have no shortage of manpower! Our Dongjiang Army has just been able to eat enough this year, where there is surplus food to raise thousands of waste!"

Yang Menglong said: "Don't say that, these guys are a bit frustrated, but they are also quite fierce. Give them a pair of armor and a knife, and let them go to battle to kill Jiannu. The most important thing is to be obedient and let them go East will never go west!"

Li Weiluan said: "We really don't need so many manpower..."

Yang Menglong said: "Who said that! Don't you use coolies at the pier? Don't you use miners to open mines? Don't you need to open up wasteland? These dwarfs can do all these hard work, just give them a bowl of food, as long as they don't starve to death!" Blinking his eyes, he laughed straight: "Don't you think they are so small, they are especially suitable for mining?"

Li Weiluan thought about it and felt it made sense.The Dongjiang Army just discovered a coal mine three months ago. The reserves are quite large and they plan to start mining next year. Now the soldiers and civilians in the entire Dalian area rely on coal for cooking, especially after the heating system is promoted. The demand for coal has skyrocketed. Coal, which was once dispensable, has now become a necessity of life. You can’t live without it. And if you buy it from Shandong, the money spent every month is not a small amount. , it is certainly good to be able to mine it yourself and save some costs.It's just that mining is not only hard work, but also very dangerous. Landslides, mine water seepage, gas explosions, fires... these accidents will happen one after another. If nothing happens, a lot of people will die.Besides, most of the Han people from Liaodong and those who immigrated from Hebei and Shandong were tall, muscular, and round-waisted men. It was quite difficult to move around in the narrow mines... Thinking about it this way, those dwarfs could really come in handy.He said: "Going back to Mr. Hou, we do have a coal mine that requires a large number of miners, but we don't need as many as 6000 people!"

Yang Menglong said: "Is 6000 people a lot? You need 2000 people at least to build a coal mine?"

Li Weiluan said: "2000 people is a bit too much, how to arrange for 4000 people? We can't let them cook salt, farm, and steal our own jobs, right?"

Yang Menglong said: "Isn't there a big iron mine over there in North Korea? Bring it here too, and let these dwarfs mine it!"

Li Weiluan was startled: "That's North Korea's Iron Mountain!"

Yang Menglong rolled his eyes: "It's North Korea's right, you won't find a way to get it here? North Korea has such a small population, and it's a waste of resources to hold such a big iron ore in their hands!" He said enthusiastically: "Get the iron mountain in North Korea. After mining it, you can make steel as you like, and manufacture weapons in large quantities. You don't have to rely on blood transfusions from Shandong. If you hold the salt and iron in your own hands, who can choke you neck?"

Li Weiluan was moved by what he said... The history of the Dongjiang Army is a history of starvation. From the former Shandong Wenchen Group to Yuan Chonghuan, they all regarded them as soft persimmons, and they could be pinched as they liked. The food and cotton cloth that should be allocated to the Dongjiang Army was lost by [-]% or [-]%. Yuan Chonghuan was even more ruthless. He directly imposed a big blockade on the Dongjiang Army, cutting off the Dongjiang Army's supply channels from North Korea and from the merchants in the pass, forcing the Dongjiang Army to abandon the Liao Dynasty. South, gave up the whole of North Korea, staggered back to Lushun and Phi Island with a hungry stomach, and starved mayhem along the way, looking at the corpses. That tragic picture has been engraved in the minds of every Dongjiang Army soldier, and will never be forgotten.why?After all, it's not because they are too poor and too weak!If they could have their own financial resources and manufacture large quantities of weapons by themselves, would the imperial court still dare to treat them as nothing?Obviously dare not, how many times Yang Menglong poked the lung tube of the Wenchen Group, according to the urine behavior of the Wenchen Group in the late Ming Dynasty, he died less than a hundred times, but he is still alive and kicking, and the more he lives, the more energetic he is. Nonsense, the reason is because Heluo's new army has enough food, no one can do anything to them!

"I can only give you six thousand strong men for the time being, you use them first!" Yang Menglong said generously.

After thinking twice, Li Weiluan accepted the six thousand strong men and drove them into the mine to engage in the most difficult and dangerous mining work.

(End of this chapter)